Lemonade-mixer



' (No Model.)

P, H. CHERRY. LEMONADE MIXER.

No. 288,775( Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETERSON H. CHERRY, OF PARSONS, KANSAS.

LEMONADE-MIXER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,775, dated November20, 1883.

Application filed August 7, 1883. (No modell .To aZZ whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, PETERSON H. CHERRY, of Parsons, in the county ofLabette and State of Kansas, have invented a new and ImprovedLemonade-Mixer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved cup formixing lemonade and other mixed and fancy drinks.

The invention consists in a cup or vessel provided with an annulargroove in its outer surface and at its upper edge, into which groove arubber packing-ring is placed. If a tumbler is pressed on the cup, theinner surface of the tumbler is pressed against the ring, and thus aclose joint is formed, which prevents the liquid from leaking out of themixer or the tumbler.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which a longitudinal view of my improvedlemonade-mixer is shown, parts being broken out, others shown insection, and the tumbler shown in section.

A cup or vessel, A, made of glass, porcelain, metal, or any othersuitable material, is provided at its rim with an annular groove, B, inits outer surface, into which rim a packingring, 0, of india-rubber, isplaced, the packing-ring being held in the groove by the tension on therubber. The upper part of the cup or vessel A can be contracted, asshown,

so as to get a better bearing for the lower part of the ring. Thetumbler D is inverted, is then placed over the cup or vessel A, and ispressed down until the packing ring 0 is pressed firmly against theinner surface of the tumbler. The tumbler and the cup are then shaken,whereby the lemonade or other mixed or fancy drink in the cup andtumbler will be mixed thoroughly. The packing-ring 0 prevents the liquidfrom leaking out of the tumbler and cup while shaking them. The metalmixers generally used leak while the drinks are being mixed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to.secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a

lemonade-mixer consisting of the vessel A,

having its mouth of less diameter than the open end of an ordinarytumbler, and provided with the elastic packing 0, contained in theannular groove 13, formed on the outside of the vessel, around itsmouth,whereby the pack 'ing will be compressed when the mouth of thevessel is inserted in a tumbler, forming a tight joint between thetumbler and vessel, and all the contents of the vessel allowed to dripinto the tumbler, as set forth.

PETERSON H. CHERRY. Witnesses:

HENRY T. MOORE, WILL G. BOYD.

